Improvement in corner-strips



G. H. PAGELS.

Corner-Strips.

Patented April 7 C N5 asses.

UNITED STATES PATENT QEFICE GEORGE H. `IAGELS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN ORNER-STRIPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 149,413, dated April 7,1874 application tiled March 14, 1874.

To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. PAGELS, of Baltimore, in the State ofMaryland, have invented an Improved Corner-Strip for Plastered Walls, ofwhich the following is a specitication:

The object of my invention is to produce an improved metal corner-stripfor the corners of walls which are to be plastered, as a substitute forthe wooden strip now commonly used for that purpose.

To make my strip I take thin plate-iron of the kind commonly known asflue-iron, and cut it into Strips of about two inches in width Y forordinary plaster-ing, or wider for pl astering of extraordinarythickness. I then cut these strips on one side, from the edge to about acentral line, longitudinally, between the two edges, completelyseparating the metal at intervals of from two to three inches, more orless, the whole length ot' the strip, and bend the portions of metalbetween said cuts alternately to the right and left, at right angles toeach other, thus forming a series of wings to embrace and tit onto therectangular corner of the wall, so that the uncut side will stand out atan angle of one hundred and thirty-.tive degrees from each wall, forminga flange or feather to receive the plastering. The width of this langemust of course be varied to correspond with the thickness of theplastering to be applied.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of asection ot' my cornerstrip. Fig. 2 is an end view of a cross-section ofthe same, and Fig. 3 a similar View of the same applied to a Wall.

A is the uncut side of the strip; B B', the wings to fit onto the wall.O, Fig. 3, is the wall, to which said strip is attached, and D istherplastering. The wings B B are perforated with holes b b', fornailing them to the wall, and the flan ge A has also a series ofapertures, a a, through it, to key the plastering. rllhe edge of theliange A is beveled on both sides to a knife-edge.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The improved corner-strip consisting of' the flange A and the win gs BB', substantially as described.

GEORGE H. PAGELS.

Vitnesses:

J. J. GooMBs, J. P. L. CooMBs.

